pens: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of pens
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open
- noun a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
clear.
- finally broke out of the forest into the open
- noun where the air is unconfined
out-of-doors; open air; outdoors.
- he wanted to get outdoors a little
- the concert was held in the open air
- camping in the open
- noun a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- happens5/5
happen
- verb come to pass
fall out; pass off; come about; pass; hap; take place; occur; go on.
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
- verb happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
befall; bechance.
- It happens that today is my birthday
- These things befell" (Santayana)
- verb come to pass
- deepens3/5
deepen
- verb make more intense, stronger, or more marked
heighten; intensify; compound.
- The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
- Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
- This event only deepened my convictions
- verb become more intense
intensify.
- The debate intensified
- His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan
- verb make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- sharpens2/5
sharpen
- verb make sharp or sharper
- sharpen the knives
- verb make crisp or more crisp and precise
- We had to sharpen our arguments
- verb make sharp or sharper
- ripens2/5
ripen
- verb cause to ripen or develop fully
mature.
- The sun ripens the fruit
- Age matures a good wine
- verb grow ripe
- The plums ripen in July
- verb cause to ripen or develop fully
- dampens2/5
dampen
- verb smother or suppress
stifle.
- Stifle your curiosity
- verb make moist
wash; moisten.
- The dew moistened the meadows
- verb smother or suppress
- reopens2/5
reopen
- verb open again or anew
- They reopened the theater
- verb open again or anew
- cowpens2/5
cowpens
- noun battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British
battle of Cowpens.
- noun battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British
- aspens2/5
aspen
- noun any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
- noun any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
- repens2/5
repens
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- playpens1/5
playpen
- noun a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
pen.
- noun a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
- pigpens1/5
pigpen
- noun a pen for swine
pigsty; sty.
- noun a pen for swine
- bullpens1/5
bullpen
- noun a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game
- noun a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
detention cell; detention centre.
- noun a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game
- steepens1/5
steepen
- verb become steeper
- The mountain side has steepened
- verb make steeper
- The landslides have steepened the mountain sides
- verb become steeper
- cheapens1/5
cheapen
- verb lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
degrade.
- verb lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
- serpens1/5
serpens
(Astron.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.
- lippens1/5
lippens
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- suspens1/5
suspens
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Suffixes of pens
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pension
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- verb grant a pension to
pension off.
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
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pension
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- verb grant a pension to
pension off.
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- pensive3/5
pensive
- adjective satellite deeply or seriously thoughtful;
broody; ruminative; pondering; brooding; contemplative; musing; meditative; reflective.
- Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
- adjective satellite showing pensive sadness
wistful.
- the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
- adjective satellite deeply or seriously thoughtful;
- pensioners3/5
pensioner
- noun the beneficiary of a pension fund
pensionary.
- noun the beneficiary of a pension fund
- pensacola3/5
pensacola
- noun a town in extreme northwest Florida
- noun a town in extreme northwest Florida
- pensioner2/5
pensioner
- noun the beneficiary of a pension fund
pensionary.
- noun the beneficiary of a pension fund
- pensively2/5
pensively
- adverb in a pensive manner
- pensively he stared at the painting
- adverb in a pensive manner
- pensionable2/5
pensionable
- adjective satellite entitled to receive a pension
- a pensionable employee
- adjective satellite entitled to receive a pension
- pensioned2/5
pension
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- verb grant a pension to
pension off.
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- penstemon2/5
penstemon
- noun large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
genus Penstemon.
- noun large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
- pensee2/5
pensee
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- pense2/5
pense
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- pensees2/5
pensees
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- pensionary1/5
pensionary
- noun the beneficiary of a pension fund
pensioner.
- noun a person who works only for money
hireling.
- noun the beneficiary of a pension fund
- penstock1/5
penstock
- noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
floodgate; head gate; sluicegate; sluice valve; water gate.
- noun conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
sluice; sluiceway.
- noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
- penstocks1/5
penstock
- noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
floodgate; head gate; sluicegate; sluice valve; water gate.
- noun conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
sluice; sluiceway.
- noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
- pensiveness1/5
pensiveness
- noun persistent morbid meditation on a problem
brooding.
- noun deep serious thoughtfulness
meditativeness; contemplativeness.
- noun persistent morbid meditation on a problem
- pensiones1/5
pension
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- verb grant a pension to
pension off.
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- pensioning1/5
pension
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- verb grant a pension to
pension off.
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- penstemons1/5
penstemon
- noun large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
genus Penstemon.
- noun large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
- pensione1/5
pension
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- verb grant a pension to
pension off.
- noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
- penseroso1/5
- pensionnat1/5
- pensylvanica1/5
pensylvanica
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- pensionnaire1/5
pensionnaire
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- pensile1/5
pensile
Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. Bacon.The long, pensile branches of the birches. W. Howitt.
Derived words of pens
- compensation«Word Popularity Bar5/5
compensation
- noun something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
- noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
- noun something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
- suspension5/5
suspension
- noun a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
intermission; break; pause; interruption.
- noun a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- expenses5/5
expense
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
disbursal; disbursement.
- noun a detriment or sacrifice
- at the expense of
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- expensive5/5
expensive
- adjective high in price or charging high prices
- expensive clothes
- an expensive shop
- adjective high in price or charging high prices
- expense5/5
expense
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
disbursal; disbursement.
- noun a detriment or sacrifice
- at the expense of
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- compensate4/5
compensate
- verb adjust for
even off; make up; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; indemnify; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb adjust for
- compensated4/5
compensated
- adjective satellite receiving or eligible for compensation
salaried; remunerated; stipendiary.
- salaried workers
- a stipendiary magistrate
- verb adjust for
even off; make up; compensate; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- adjective satellite receiving or eligible for compensation
- indispensable4/5
indispensable
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- foods indispensable to good nutrition
- adjective satellite absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential.
- essential tools and materials
- funds essential to the completion of the project
- an indispensable worker
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- propensity4/5
propensity
- noun an inclination to do something
tendency; leaning.
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- noun a natural inclination
proclivity; leaning.
- he has a proclivity for exaggeration
- noun an inclination to do something
- dispense4/5
dispense
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
- I was dispensed from this terrible task
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- dispensed4/5
dispensed
- adjective satellite distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions
- medicines dispensed to the sick
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; dispense; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- adjective satellite distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions
- dispensation4/5
dispensation
- noun an exemption from some rule or obligation
- noun a share that has been dispensed or distributed
- noun an exemption from some rule or obligation
- suspense4/5
suspense
- noun apprehension about what is going to happen
- noun an uncertain cognitive state
- the matter remained in suspense for several years
- noun apprehension about what is going to happen
- inexpensive4/5
inexpensive
- adjective relatively low in price or charging low prices
cheap.
- it would have been cheap at twice the price
- inexpensive family restaurants
- adjective relatively low in price or charging low prices
- compensatory4/5
compensatory
Serving for compensation; making amends. Jer. Taylor.
- spenser3/5
spenser
- noun English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)
Edmund Spenser.
- noun English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)
- compensating3/5
compensate
- verb adjust for
even off; make up; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; indemnify; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb adjust for
- suspensions3/5
suspension
- noun a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
intermission; break; pause; interruption.
- noun a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- recompense3/5
recompense
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- noun the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
compensation.
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- compensates3/5
compensate
- verb adjust for
even off; make up; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; indemnify; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb adjust for
- dispenser3/5
dispenser
- noun a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- noun a person who dispenses
- noun a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- compensations3/5
compensation
- noun something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
- noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
- noun something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
- dispensing3/5
dispense
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
- I was dispensed from this terrible task
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- propensities3/5
propensity
- noun an inclination to do something
tendency; leaning.
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- noun a natural inclination
proclivity; leaning.
- he has a proclivity for exaggeration
- noun an inclination to do something
- dispensary3/5
dispensary
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- dispensers2/5
dispenser
- noun a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- noun a person who dispenses
- noun a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- dispenses2/5
dispense
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish out; deal; parcel out; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- verb grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
- I was dispensed from this terrible task
- verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
- dispensations2/5
dispensation
- noun an exemption from some rule or obligation
- noun a share that has been dispensed or distributed
- noun an exemption from some rule or obligation
- indispensability2/5
indispensability
- noun the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without
vitalness; indispensableness.
- noun the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without
- resuspension2/5
resuspension
- noun a renewed suspension of insoluble particles after they have been precipitated
- noun a renewed suspension of insoluble particles after they have been precipitated
- recompensed2/5
recompense
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- noun the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
compensation.
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- overcompensation2/5
overcompensation
- noun (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
- noun excessive compensation
- noun (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
- dispensable2/5
dispensable
- adjective capable of being dispensed with or done without
- dispensable items of personal property
- adjective capable of being dispensed with or done without
- compensable2/5
compensable
- adjective satellite for which money is paid
paying; stipendiary; remunerative; salaried.
- a paying job
- remunerative work
- salaried employment
- stipendiary services
- adjective satellite for which money is paid
- expensed2/5
expense
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
disbursal; disbursement.
- noun a detriment or sacrifice
- at the expense of
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- dispensaries2/5
dispensary
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- expensing2/5
expense
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
disbursal; disbursement.
- noun a detriment or sacrifice
- at the expense of
- noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- suspensory2/5
suspensory
- noun a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast)
suspensory bandage.
- noun a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast)
- happenstance2/5
happenstance
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
coincidence.
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- expensively2/5
expensively
- adverb in an expensive manner
- an expensively dressed little man turned a corner and approached her
- adverb in an expensive manner
- inexpensively2/5
inexpensively
- adverb in a cheap manner
cheaply; tattily.
- a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar
- adverb with little expenditure of money
cheaply.
- I bought this car very cheaply
- adverb in a cheap manner
- suspenseful2/5
suspenseful
- adjective satellite (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
cliff-hanging; suspensive; nail-biting.
- adjective satellite (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
- uncompensated2/5
uncompensated
- adjective satellite not paying a salary
unsalaried.
- an uncompensated federal post
- adjective satellite not paying a salary
- compensator2/5
compensator
One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.
- decompensation2/5
decompensation
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- decompensated2/5
decompensated
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- indispensably2/5
indispensable
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- foods indispensable to good nutrition
- adjective satellite absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential.
- essential tools and materials
- funds essential to the completion of the project
- an indispensable worker
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- dispensationalism2/5
dispensationalism
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- capensis2/5
capensis
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- compensators2/5
compensator
One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.
- indispensible2/5
indispensible
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- dispensational2/5
dispensational
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- spenserian2/5
spenserian
Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser ; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faërie Queene."
- recompenses1/5
recompense
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- noun the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
compensation.
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- alpenstock1/5
alpenstock
- noun a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers
- noun a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers
- alpenstocks1/5
alpenstock
- noun a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers
- noun a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers
- overcompensate1/5
overcompensate
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
compensate; cover.
- he is compensating for being a bad father
- verb make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
over-correct.
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- overcompensated1/5
overcompensate
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
compensate; cover.
- he is compensating for being a bad father
- verb make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
over-correct.
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- overcompensating1/5
overcompensate
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
compensate; cover.
- he is compensating for being a bad father
- verb make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
over-correct.
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- overcompensates1/5
overcompensate
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
compensate; cover.
- he is compensating for being a bad father
- verb make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
over-correct.
- verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- recompensing1/5
recompense
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- noun the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
compensation.
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- suspensive1/5
suspensive
- adjective satellite (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
cliff-hanging; suspenseful; nail-biting.
- adjective satellite undecided or characterized by indecisiveness
- adjective satellite (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
- acipenser1/5
acipenser
(Zoöl.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon .
- suspensor1/5
suspensor
- noun a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
jock; supporter; jockstrap; athletic supporter.
- noun a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
- expensiveness1/5
expensiveness
- noun the quality of being high-priced
- noun the quality of being high-priced
- inexpensiveness1/5
inexpensiveness
- noun the quality of being affordable
- noun the quality of being affordable
- dispensability1/5
dispensability
- noun the quality possessed by something that you can get along without
dispensableness.
- noun the quality possessed by something that you can get along without
- happenstances1/5
happenstance
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
coincidence.
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- noncompensatory1/5
- dispensatory1/5
dispensatory
Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. "Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.
- indispensables1/5
indispensable
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- foods indispensable to good nutrition
- adjective satellite absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential.
- essential tools and materials
- funds essential to the completion of the project
- an indispensable worker
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- decompensate1/5
decompensate
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- propension1/5
propension
The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold.Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.
- prepense1/5
prepense
To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. Obs. Spenser. Sir T. Elyot.
- compensability1/5
compensability
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- spense1/5
spense
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- halepense1/5
halepense
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- noncompensable1/5
- decompensating1/5
decompensating
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- compensative1/5
compensative
Affording compensation.
- precompensation1/5
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